Gainers
- Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. PTGX shares surged 72.9% to close at $8.11 on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Protagonist Therapeutics announced results from mid-stage study of PTG-300 in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
- Ibio Inc IBIO shares jumped 51.1% to close at $0.2840 on continued momentum after the company joined the manufacturing USA's tissue Biofabrication initiative.
- Kodiak Sciences Inc. KOD jumped 49.2% to close at $73.41. Kodiak Sciences priced 6 million share public offering of common stock at $46 per share.
- Allakos Inc. ALLK gained 43.6% to close at $137.73 following reports stating the company is weighing a potential sale.
- Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. RLMD rose 36.9% to close at $47.18. Relmada Therapeutics priced its common-stock offering of 3.33 million shares at $30 per share. The company expects to raise gross proceeds of $100 million from the offering, which is expected to close Dec. 6.
- Anavex Life Sciences Corp. AVXL gained 28.4% to close at $3.03. Anavex Life Sciences will present ANAVEX 2-73 data at 12th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease 2019 Conference.
- Applied Therapeutics, Inc. APLT shares climbed 21.7% to close at $24.00.
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company LJPC gained 19.6% to close at $3.35.
- Sequans Communications S.A. SQNS jumped 19% to close at $2.76.
- Synthorx, Inc. THOR gained 18.7% to close at $21.45.
- Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GLMD rose 17.9% to close at $6.72.
- Pacific Drilling S.A. PACD climbed 16.9% to close at $3.05
- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. CANF gained 16.7% to close at $4.40.
- California Resources Corporation CRC rose 16.5% to close at $7.68.
- DarioHealth Corp. DRIO rose 16.2% to close at $8.68.
- Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. BPTH surged 15.6% to close at $8.25.
- Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. VIST shares rose 15.4% to close at $6.74.
- Capstone Turbine Corporation CPST gained 15.3% to close at $3.8850.
- Unique Fabricating, Inc. UFAB shares gained 14.8% to close at $4.57.
- Mustang Bio, Inc. MBIO rose 14.8% to close at $3.88.
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. LXRX gained 14.2% to close at $3.77 on continued momentum after the company announced it completed the initial stage for its Phase 2 clinical study of TELE-ABC.
- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ELOX rose 13.3% to close at $5.47.
- Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. RUBY gained 13.1% to close at $9.35.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc. HBM rose 12.7% to close at $3.56.
- Whiting Petroleum Corporation WLL climbed 12.5% to close at $5.05.
- Cortexyme, Inc. CRTX climbed 12.5% to close at $31.87.
- ImmunoGen, Inc. IMGN rose 12.4% to close at $4.00.
- Hebron Technology Co., Ltd. HEBT jumped 12.1% to close at $6.28.
- Centennial Resource Development, Inc. CDEV gained 11.8% to close at $3.36 following a larger-than-expected draw in US crude inventories as well as positive US-China trade reports and anticipation of further OPEC production cuts this year.
- Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. JNCE surged 11.7% to close at $7.90.
- IGM Biosciences, Inc. IGMS gained 11.6% to close at $22.21.
- PG&E Corporation PCG gained 11.2% to close at $9.47. Strength may be due to macro optimism after Bloomberg reported that a US-China trade deal is getting closer.
- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. BBIO shares rose 11% to close at $33.92
- Earthstone Energy, Inc. ESTE jumped 10.7% to close at $4.77.
- Endologix, Inc. ELGX rose 10.7% to close at $2.5450.
- Coda Octopus Group, Inc. CODA climbed 10.6% to close at $8.07.
- Valaris plc VAL gained 10.5% to close at $4.43. Shares of oil companies are trading higher following a larger-than-expected draw in US crude inventories as well as positive US-China trade reports and anticipation of further OPEC production cuts this year.
- Rapt Therapeutics Inc RAPT gained 10.3% to close at $27.53 after the company announced a collaboration with Hanmi Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize FLX475 in Asia. Rapt is set to receive $10 million upfront and $108 million total milestones.
- Endo International plc ENDP rose 10.3% to close at $5.51.
- Transocean Ltd. RIG climbed 10.3% to close at $5.36 following a larger-than-expected draw in US crude inventories as well as positive US-China trade reports and anticipation of further OPEC production cuts this year.
- Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. SOI shares gained 10.1% to close at $11.57.
- Express, Inc. EXPR jumped 10.1% to close at $3.91.
- ESSA Pharma Inc. EPIX gained 10% to close at $5.60.
- Front Yard Residential Corporation RESI shares surged 9.9% to close at $12.71 following Bloomberg article 'Amherst is in talks to buy Front Yard after activist pressure.'
- Avita Medical Limited RCEL surged 9.2% to close at $8.56.
- Tata Motors Limited ADR TTM shares rose 8.3% to close at $11.85 after the company reported strong US Land Rover sales and announced it will be raising passenger vehicle prices starting in 2020.
- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. UTI shares rose 4.8% to close at $7.00. Argus Research upgraded Universal Technical from Sell to Hold.
Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers
Losers
- Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. BNED shares tumbled 20.8% to close at $3.80 on Wednesday after the company reported downbeat Q2 results.
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc. RVNC fell 17.6% to close at $16.61 after the company priced its 6.5 million share common stock offering at $17 per share.
- Ardelyx, Inc. ARDX shares dipped 15.3% to close at $6.82. Shares surged Tuesday following results from the company's Phase 3 PHREEDOM trial in chronic kidney disease patients
- China Rapid Finance Limited XRF shares dropped 15.1% to close at $1.91.
- Kaleido BioSciences, Inc. KLDO fell 13% to close at $7.30.
- Akers Biosciences, Inc. AKER dropped 11.4% to close at $5.50.
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ACOR dipped 11.2% to close at $1.83.
- Bicycle Therapeutics plc BCYC fell 10.8% to close at $7.65.
- Stage Stores, Inc. SSI dipped 10.3% to close at $4.89.
- NuCana plc NCNA fell 9.5% to close at $6.73.
- Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. KNSA shares declined 9.2% to close at $10.05.
- OrganiGram Holdings Inc. OGI dipped 9.2% to close at $2.57 after the company announced at-the-market equity program.
- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. IDYA fell 9% to close at $7.50.
- Menlo Therapeutics Inc. MNLO dipped 8.7% to close at $3.98.
- ViewRay, Inc. VRAY dropped 8.1% to close at $4.08 after the company priced its 41.55 million share common stock offering at $3.13 per share. B. Riley downgraded ViewRay from Buy to Neutral and lowered the price target from $9 to $5.
- Instructure Inc INST tumbled 8% to close at $48.75 after the company agreed to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $47.60 per share in cash.
- Evolus, Inc. EOLS fell 7.8% to close at $12.70.
- Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. ORMP fell 7.5% to close at $4.67 after dropping 11.71% on Tuesday.
- Dynatrace, Inc. DT fell 7.4% to close at $25.01.
- Myovant Sciences Ltd. MYOV declined 7% to close at $17.32.
- Luckin Coffee Inc. LK dropped 6.6% to close at $29.84.
- Zscaler Inc ZS shares fell 5.6% to close at $49.85 despite reporting a first quarter earnings beat. The company issued weak second quarter earnings guidance.
- Immunomedics, Inc. IMMU fell 5.2% to close at $18.01 after the company announced a proposed offering of $250 million of common stock.
- Workday, Inc. WDAY fell 4.7% to close at $165.39 after the company reported Q3 earnings and issued Q4 and FY20 guidance. The company said it does not expect its recent Scout RFP acquisition to have a notable impact on subscription revenue until 2022.
- Cannae Holdings Inc CNNE shares fell 4% to close at $35.37. Cannae Holdings priced its upsized 6.5 million share public offering of common stock for gross proceeds of $214,500,000.
APLTApplied Therapeutics Inc
$0.4850-4.60%
ARDXArdelyx Inc
$5.26-1.87%
AVXLAnavex Life Sciences Corp
$8.223.98%
BBIOBridgeBio Pharma Inc
$33.93-2.78%
BCYCBicycle Therapeutics PLC
$10.75-2.02%
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education Inc
$9.52-2.44%
BPTHBio-Path Holdings Inc
$0.1615-23.1%
CANFCan Fite Biofarma Ltd
$1.73-1.69%
CNNECannae Holdings Inc
$19.74-1.50%
CODACoda Octopus Group Inc
$7.55-1.37%
CPSTCalamos ETF Trust Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF September
$25.49-0.07%
CRCCalifornia Resources Corp
$42.03-5.80%
DRIODarioHealth Corp
$0.6800-2.28%
DTDynatrace Inc
$56.89-0.63%
ELOXEloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc
$0.7501-%
EOLSEvolus Inc
$14.610.14%
EPIXESSA Pharma Inc
$1.68-%
GLMDGalmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd
$2.02-5.61%
HBMHudbay Minerals Inc
$7.251.90%
IBIOiBio Inc
$6.7816.3%
IDYAIDEAYA Biosciences Inc
$19.99-2.82%
IGMSIGM Biosciences Inc
$1.27-6.62%
KLDOKaleido Biosciences Inc
$0.000001-100.0%
KNSAKiniksa Pharmaceuticals International PLC
$21.827.57%
KODKodiak Sciences Inc
$4.11-%
LXRXLexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc
$0.3600-48.5%
MBIOMustang Bio Inc
$1.92-4.24%
NCNANuCana PLC
$0.9700-%
OGIOrganiGram Holdings Inc
$1.193.44%
ORMPOramed Pharmaceuticals Inc
$2.04-2.39%
PCGPG&E Corp
$16.521.13%
PTGXProtagonist Therapeutics Inc
$37.920.88%
RAPTRAPT Therapeutics Inc
$1.11-2.19%
RCELAVITA Medical Inc
$8.96-1.54%
RIGTransocean Ltd
$2.90-1.69%
RLMDRelmada Therapeutics Inc
$0.2558-1.62%
SQNSSequans Communications SA
$2.35-0.42%
UTIUniversal Technical Institute Inc
$27.88-1.27%
VALValaris Ltd
$34.67-2.89%
VISTVista Energy SAB de CV
$51.250.93%
WDAYWorkday Inc
$260.59-1.04%
ZSZscaler Inc
$196.840.31%
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